The California-based NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) marked the sixth World Refugee Day since the Syrian civil war broke out with a new photography project. The Face of the Refugee Crisis, which is funded along with IMC by the European Union, is a series of 40 arresting portraits, each paired with small biographies, from the German photographer Deniz Calagan. Taken over nine days in southeastern Turkey in May, they offer both an autopsy of the war-to-date and moving insights into these refugees' lives. Here are 10.
Mufide Sattouf, 55, Kirikhan, Turkey — Fled from Kafar Zaita in 2012
Every day Mufide and her family prayed for the shelling and bombs not to fall — but the violence continued, and her family joined the thousands fleeing Kafar Zaita — a city 30,000 strong that became so hellish that it is now reduced to the last 500 inhabitants.
Living in Turkey with her husband and eight children, she is aware that abandoning her home has saved her from the ‘living death’ she was experiencing inside Syria.
Her husband suffers from hypertension diabetes, while Mufide has to take regular medication to deal with an arthritic condition which makes her joints ache. They both use the International Medical Corps Primary Health Centre in Kirikhan — a programme set up to help refugees like them access medical care and a service which provides between 400 and 500 consultations a day.
“When I go to sleep now I know I am safe — that is the most important thing.
“One day I will go back, that is what I hope for more than anything — the chance to be safe in my own village. That’s what I pray for now.”
Favzi Muhammed, 53, Kirikhan, Turkey — Fled from Hajal Al Aswad in 2013
Most people are thankful for the fact that they will never have to leave their homes, their family and their livelihoods behind because they fear for their lives.
Favzi has had to do it twice.
In 1967 he was forced from his home in Golan ahead of the Israeli army — a conflict which left the area effectively annexed by Israel. He sought safety in the Syrian city of Damascus, which he intended to make his temporary home until he could return. Some 46 years later it was another army he was fleeing from — one drawn from within his own country.
“Each week people took part in demonstrations and each week people were shot. There were massacres — a lot of innocent people were being killed.
“I found out that my sons and I had been identified as ringleaders in the demonstrations. We were set to be picked up by the security forces — so we fled again, over the border to safety.”
He now works as a security guard, protecting International Medical Corps’ Primary Health Centre in Kirikhan, and helps translating for patients and registering newcomers.
Muhziye Al Bakri, 4, Kirikhan, Turkey — Fled from Idlib in 2015
“I was one kilometre away when the airstrike happened,” says Muhziye’s father. “I could see the explosion.”
Muhziye’s father reached his home to find his neighbours trying to dig his family out of the rubble.
“There was blood everywhere — I thought I was looking at the TV news.”
Inside the engineer’s two wives lay dead, while four of his five daughters were facing life-threatening injuries. The worst was Muhziyem, who had shrapnel injuries to her spinal cord, ruptured bowels and the right side of her pelvis and femur smashed away.
The little girl now comes to International Medical Corps’ Primary Health Centre in Kirikhan regularly to have her stitches checked and colostomy bag changed.
“What happened to us was our destiny,” says Muhziye’s father, “but now we are safe and my daughters are going to school. They have a future.”
Anonymous, 17, Reyhanli, Turkey — Fled from Homs in 2014
The stigma around mental health within the refugee population remains strong — despite efforts to overcome that prejudice.
Epilepsy has already robbed this teenager of her education and contributed to her divorce — so she is determined not to let it affect her future.
Before fleeing from the Syrian city of her birth amid the rain of bombs, the condition had become so bad that she was kicked out of school after suffering regular seizures.
Anything that made her sad, angry or frustrated could bring one on. Working with the International Medical Corps’ mental health support workers in Reyhanli she found a solution.
“I came here seeking help — what I found were people who understand my life, who can share the pain together. I can be truly relaxed.”
The voracious reader, she keeps returning for more books, keeps meticulous diaries and is a leading member of the group sessions that provide so much hope to those with similar conditions.
“I can feel optimistic now — people should always be optimistic and seek help. There’s no need to feel ashamed,” she said.
“All I wish for now is for time with my family, and a resolution to the conflict in Syria — so we can return to our home.”
Traad Al Ahmad, 53, Reyhanli, Turkey — Fled from Idlib in 2012
One of the biggest problems facing refugees in Turkey is trying to earn money — often their skills and qualifications are not enough to secure the sort of work they are able to do.
Traad was headmaster at a school in his hometown — a job he left behind when he, his wife and their young children decided to make their way to Turkey to avoid the shelling that was taking place around them.
Carrying their youngest at just five years old to the border, across a river and over many miles on foot, the journey to safety took the family one month. At one stage they went four days without food.
But in Turkey work was hard to find and Traad returned to Syria to try to collect his wages.
While there he came under an attack with barrel bombs and suffered a stroke. He was left bedbound in hospital, making his way back to Turkey with the support of his brother.
Traad receives physiotherapy several times a week at his home — provided by International Medical Corps’ mobile medial unit — and he can now walk without a stick, stand unaided and use his right arm.
“The real change has been psychological — now I can go outdoors, I can walk in the street and visit friends. This has made a real difference to my life.”
“It’s not a question of if I will go back to Syria, it’s a question of when I can.”
Bchra Al Mahad, 12, Kilis, Turkey — Fled from Aleppo in 2015
It was foggy when the soldiers came.
The family used a van to escape, but they were quickly halted at gunpoint by troops — men determined to rob them of everything they owned.
“I shouted ‘just give him everything’,” says Bchra’s mother, “but afterwards they still ordered us out of the lorry, they made us line up and shot us at point blank range.”
Bchra’s father was killed, her mother wounded and her own spine was severed by a bullet in the neck. She would never walk again — paralysed by the gun of a mercenary from outside Syria.
In Kilis the International Medical Corps’s team has been working with the Blue Crescent organisation to rehabilitate her. An electric wheelchair was even found — a rare and valuable piece of equipment, but she was still too ill to use it.
“I was so happy, but then disappointed when she couldn’t use her fingers and steer it.”
Bchra worked hard with her case worker and then a breakthrough happened — she began to use her fingers to move the chair.
The little girl’s future is now uncertain — she requires specific treatment in Europe, which is unavailable to her in Kilis.
“She is my only child — what did she do to deserve being treated this way?”
Mostafa Entabee, 54, Kilis, Turkey — Fled from Aleppo in 2012
Mostafa had worked hard throughout his life as an accountant in a government office, saving money carefully and raising a family of bright children who had started going to university.
When he retired, he had plans to take things easy and focus on supporting his children’s future where he could. Then the war started.
“All that fell away in a heartbeat — can you imagine how frustrating it is to see a life’s work gone? A normal life, just gone?”
His health began to deteriorate too and he was diagnosed with diabetes — a condition that he blames on the conflict. Since beginning work with International Medical Corps’ case workers he has also been found to be suffering from a kidney problem and has issues with his eyes.
He is sick and he believes being a refugee has made accessing medical help harder.
“Syrian people need more attention, more access to doctors and medical experts. This is my plea.
“I’ve got to the point where I’m thinking about going back to Syria to die.”
Rime Abd Al Rahman, 12, Gaziantep, Turkey- Rushed from Aleppo in 2014
Rime’s home was bombed because they lived close to a military commander. The bomb caused the stove in her house to explode, killing her mother and causing severe burns to her and her two siblings.
She was one of those rushed to a Turkish hospital where she faced a number of live-saving operations in hospital and frequent skin grafts. She tried to return to Syria to live with her grandparents, but had to go back to Turkey for more treatment.
Rime receives specialist care from International Medical Corps’ medical team in Gaziantep — they massage her face and provide treatment to reduce the scaring she has suffered. Due to a tightening of the tendons in her hands she also requires regular support to stretch them and build up the muscles.
This work has had a huge impact. An avid fan of computer games, Rime has seen a major improvement in her dexterity.
Sadly her condition will not improve much further without plastic surgery — a treatment she is struggling to secure. Without it she won’t be able to return to school — something she dreams of all the time.
Leila Yonnis, 21 years old, Antakya, Turkey — Fled from Kobane in 2014
Leila is a young woman with big ambitions. She wants to be a fashion designer, she wants to study fashion in Italy and she wants to ensure Kobane’s creative culture is recognised around the world.
But in 2014 all she wanted was to escape the clutches of the Islamic State, her family walking in single file across a minefield to safety — the then-teenager shouldering a burden of luggage weighing more than her body.
“We knew that the Kurdish forces were battling Daesh, but when the radio said “They’re coming”, we had to leave and run to Turkey.”
Fluent in English, she quickly secured work as a translator for International Medical Corps. She is now a rehab programme officer, supporting her family in Turkey and in charge of securing the support equipment that they need, administrative tasks and helping budget the projects.
“We need to address the financial issues many are facing — provide a special needs fund to provide financial support to those most vulnerable, say for transport to medical care or to adapt people’s homes where necessary. We also need to add occupational courses so that these people can return to work — allow them to help themselves. We also need to improve access to facilities for disabled people — these are all vital things.”
‘Hafez Al Saoud’, 24 years old, Urfa, Turkey — Travelled from Deir ez-Zor in 2014
The Arabic equivalent of ‘Joe Bloggs’ - ‘Hafez Al Saoud’ — is a former Free Syrian Army fighter who fears that if he was recognised, his family in IS controlled Syria will be kidnapped and he will be blackmailed to return to his death.
“They are wild people. When I was there I had to make a decision: fight for Daesh, be killed by Daesh or fight Daesh. I chose to fight them.”
Leading a group of FSA fighters who had fought all night for control of a village outside the city of his birth, they chose to retreat in the twilight. As they pulled back he was hit by a sniper’s bullet in the chest, hitting his spine and paralysing his legs.
“I begged for my friends to help me. If I had been on the ground for five minutes more Daesh would have had me — they would have shot me where I lay. They don’t have minds for thinking.”
While in a Syrian hospital he heard that IS were approaching once again and he was rushed to safety over the Turkish border.
After eight surgeries in Turkish hospitals, he was admitted to the Bunian Centre in Urfa and met the International Medical Corps physiotherapists who would help him walk again.
It will take the 24-year-old another year to fully recover — he is still using the crutches he was given and requires a lot of work on his balance, but he no longer needs a wheelchair and his plan remains to walk unaided once again.
“I felt like dying when I saw people acting normally — but now I want to help others like I have been helped. I want to learn physiotherapy for myself — and then I can provide this care free of charge.”
Fire and Fury
By Michael Wolff,
Henry Holt
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Tips for newlyweds to better manage finances
All couples are unique and have to create a financial blueprint that is most suitable for their relationship, says Vijay Valecha, chief investment officer at Century Financial. He offers his top five tips for couples to better manage their finances.
Discuss your assets and debts: When married, it’s important to understand each other’s personal financial situation. It’s necessary to know upfront what each party brings to the table, as debts and assets affect spending habits and joint loan qualifications. Discussing all aspects of their finances as a couple prevents anyone from being blindsided later.
Decide on the financial/saving goals: Spouses should independently list their top goals and share their lists with one another to shape a joint plan. Writing down clear goals will help them determine how much to save each month, how much to put aside for short-term goals, and how they will reach their long-term financial goals.
Set a budget: A budget can keep the couple be mindful of their income and expenses. With a monthly budget, couples will know exactly how much they can spend in a category each month, how much they have to work with and what spending areas need to be evaluated.
Decide who manages what: When it comes to handling finances, it’s a good idea to decide who manages what. For example, one person might take on the day-to-day bills, while the other tackles long-term investments and retirement plans.
Money date nights: Talking about money should be a healthy, ongoing conversation and couples should not wait for something to go wrong. They should set time aside every month to talk about future financial decisions and see the progress they’ve made together towards accomplishing their goals.
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Company info
Company name: Entrupy
Co-founders: Vidyuth Srinivasan, co-founder/chief executive, Ashlesh Sharma, co-founder/chief technology officer, Lakshmi Subramanian, co-founder/chief scientist
Based: New York, New York
Sector/About: Entrupy is a hardware-enabled SaaS company whose mission is to protect businesses, borders and consumers from transactions involving counterfeit goods.
Initial investment/Investors: Entrupy secured a $2.6m Series A funding round in 2017. The round was led by Tokyo-based Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group's jointly established venture arm, DG Lab Fund I Investment Limited Partnership, along with Zach Coelius.
Total customers: Entrupy’s customers include hundreds of secondary resellers, marketplaces and other retail organisations around the world. They are also testing with shipping companies as well as customs agencies to stop fake items from reaching the market in the first place.
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BIGGEST CYBER SECURITY INCIDENTS IN RECENT TIMES
SolarWinds supply chain attack: Came to light in December 2020 but had taken root for several months, compromising major tech companies, governments and its entities
Microsoft Exchange server exploitation: March 2021; attackers used a vulnerability to steal emails
Kaseya attack: July 2021; ransomware hit perpetrated REvil, resulting in severe downtime for more than 1,000 companies
Log4j breach: December 2021; attackers exploited the Java-written code to inflitrate businesses and governments
UAE v Gibraltar
What: International friendly
When: 7pm kick off
Where: Rugby Park, Dubai Sports City
Admission: Free
Online: The match will be broadcast live on Dubai Exiles’ Facebook page
UAE squad: Lucas Waddington (Dubai Exiles), Gio Fourie (Exiles), Craig Nutt (Abu Dhabi Harlequins), Phil Brady (Harlequins), Daniel Perry (Dubai Hurricanes), Esekaia Dranibota (Harlequins), Matt Mills (Exiles), Jaen Botes (Exiles), Kristian Stinson (Exiles), Murray Reason (Abu Dhabi Saracens), Dave Knight (Hurricanes), Ross Samson (Jebel Ali Dragons), DuRandt Gerber (Exiles), Saki Naisau (Dragons), Andrew Powell (Hurricanes), Emosi Vacanau (Harlequins), Niko Volavola (Dragons), Matt Richards (Dragons), Luke Stevenson (Harlequins), Josh Ives (Dubai Sports City Eagles), Sean Stevens (Saracens), Thinus Steyn (Exiles)
'The Batman'
Stars:Robert Pattinson
Director:Matt Reeves
Rating: 5/5
WOMAN AND CHILD
Director: Saeed Roustaee
Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi
Rating: 4/5
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Starring: Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi
Directors: Tarzan and Arab Nasser
Rating: 4.5/5
How to apply for a drone permit
- Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
- Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
- Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
- Submit their request
What are the regulations?
- Fly it within visual line of sight
- Never over populated areas
- Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
- Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
- Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
- Should have a live feed of the drone flight
- Drones must weigh 5 kg or less
Specs
Engine: Electric motor generating 54.2kWh (Cooper SE and Aceman SE), 64.6kW (Countryman All4 SE)
Power: 218hp (Cooper and Aceman), 313hp (Countryman)
Torque: 330Nm (Cooper and Aceman), 494Nm (Countryman)
On sale: Now
Price: From Dh158,000 (Cooper), Dh168,000 (Aceman), Dh190,000 (Countryman)
Conflict, drought, famine
Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.
Band Aid
Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.
Tailors and retailers miss out on back-to-school rush
Tailors and retailers across the city said it was an ominous start to what is usually a busy season for sales.
With many parents opting to continue home learning for their children, the usual rush to buy school uniforms was muted this year.
“So far we have taken about 70 to 80 orders for items like shirts and trousers,” said Vikram Attrai, manager at Stallion Bespoke Tailors in Dubai.
“Last year in the same period we had about 200 orders and lots of demand.
“We custom fit uniform pieces and use materials such as cotton, wool and cashmere.
“Depending on size, a white shirt with logo is priced at about Dh100 to Dh150 and shorts, trousers, skirts and dresses cost between Dh150 to Dh250 a piece.”
A spokesman for Threads, a uniform shop based in Times Square Centre Dubai, said customer footfall had slowed down dramatically over the past few months.
“Now parents have the option to keep children doing online learning they don’t need uniforms so it has quietened down.”
'Project Power'
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback
Director: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Rating: 3.5/5
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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How will Gen Alpha invest?
Mark Chahwan, co-founder and chief executive of robo-advisory firm Sarwa, forecasts that Generation Alpha (born between 2010 and 2024) will start investing in their teenage years and therefore benefit from compound interest.
“Technology and education should be the main drivers to make this happen, whether it’s investing in a few clicks or their schools/parents stepping up their personal finance education skills,” he adds.
Mr Chahwan says younger generations have a higher capacity to take on risk, but for some their appetite can be more cautious because they are investing for the first time. “Schools still do not teach personal finance and stock market investing, so a lot of the learning journey can feel daunting and intimidating,” he says.
He advises millennials to not always start with an aggressive portfolio even if they can afford to take risks. “We always advise to work your way up to your risk capacity, that way you experience volatility and get used to it. Given the higher risk capacity for the younger generations, stocks are a favourite,” says Mr Chahwan.
Highlighting the role technology has played in encouraging millennials and Gen Z to invest, he says: “They were often excluded, but with lower account minimums ... a customer with $1,000 [Dh3,672] in their account has their money working for them just as hard as the portfolio of a high get-worth individual.”
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Company Fact Box
Company name/date started: Abwaab Technologies / September 2019
Founders: Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder and CEO. Hussein Alsarabi, co-founder and CTO
Based: Amman, Jordan
Sector: Education Technology
Size (employees/revenue): Total team size: 65. Full-time employees: 25. Revenue undisclosed
Stage: early-stage startup
Investors: Adam Tech Ventures, Endure Capital, Equitrust, the World Bank-backed Innovative Startups SMEs Fund, a London investment fund, a number of former and current executives from Uber and Netflix, among others.
Our legal advisor
Rasmi Ragy is a senior counsel at Charles Russell Speechlys, a law firm headquartered in London with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
Experience: Prosecutor in Egypt with more than 40 years experience across the GCC.
Education: Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1978.
From Europe to the Middle East, economic success brings wealth - and lifestyle diseases
A rise in obesity figures and the need for more public spending is a familiar trend in the developing world as western lifestyles are adopted.
One in five deaths around the world is now caused by bad diet, with obesity the fastest growing global risk. A high body mass index is also the top cause of metabolic diseases relating to death and disability in Kuwait, Qatar and Oman – and second on the list in Bahrain.
In Britain, heart disease, lung cancer and Alzheimer’s remain among the leading causes of death, and people there are spending more time suffering from health problems.
The UK is expected to spend $421.4 billion on healthcare by 2040, up from $239.3 billion in 2014.
And development assistance for health is talking about the financial aid given to governments to support social, environmental development of developing countries.
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Titanium Escrow profile
Started: December 2016
Founder: Ibrahim Kamalmaz
Based: UAE
Sector: Finance / legal
Size: 3 employees, pre-revenue
Stage: Early stage
Investors: Founder's friends and Family
TRAINING FOR TOKYO
A typical week's training for Sebastian, who is competing at the ITU Abu Dhabi World Triathlon on March 8-9:
- Four swim sessions (14km)
- Three bike sessions (200km)
- Four run sessions (45km)
- Two strength and conditioning session (two hours)
- One session therapy session at DISC Dubai
- Two-three hours of stretching and self-maintenance of the body
ITU Abu Dhabi World Triathlon
For more information go to www.abudhabi.triathlon.org.
Joker: Folie a Deux
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Todd Phillips
Rating: 2/5
Top 10 most polluted cities
- Bhiwadi, India
- Ghaziabad, India
- Hotan, China
- Delhi, India
- Jaunpur, India
- Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Noida, India
- Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Bagpat, India
Sinopharm vaccine explained
The Sinopharm vaccine was created using techniques that have been around for decades.
“This is an inactivated vaccine. Simply what it means is that the virus is taken, cultured and inactivated," said Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, chair of the UAE's National Covid-19 Clinical Management Committee.
"What is left is a skeleton of the virus so it looks like a virus, but it is not live."
This is then injected into the body.
"The body will recognise it and form antibodies but because it is inactive, we will need more than one dose. The body will not develop immunity with one dose," she said.
"You have to be exposed more than one time to what we call the antigen."
The vaccine should offer protection for at least months, but no one knows how long beyond that.
Dr Al Kaabi said early vaccine volunteers in China were given shots last spring and still have antibodies today.
“Since it is inactivated, it will not last forever," she said.
Asian Cup 2019
Quarter-final
UAE v Australia, Friday, 8pm, Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Volvo ES90 Specs
Engine: Electric single motor (96kW), twin motor (106kW) and twin motor performance (106kW)
Power: 333hp, 449hp, 680hp
Torque: 480Nm, 670Nm, 870Nm
On sale: Later in 2025 or early 2026, depending on region
Price: Exact regional pricing TBA
Countries offering golden visas
UK
Innovator Founder Visa is aimed at those who can demonstrate relevant experience in business and sufficient investment funds to set up and scale up a new business in the UK. It offers permanent residence after three years.
Germany
Investing or establishing a business in Germany offers you a residence permit, which eventually leads to citizenship. The investment must meet an economic need and you have to have lived in Germany for five years to become a citizen.
Italy
The scheme is designed for foreign investors committed to making a significant contribution to the economy. Requires a minimum investment of €250,000 which can rise to €2 million.
Switzerland
Residence Programme offers residence to applicants and their families through economic contributions. The applicant must agree to pay an annual lump sum in tax.
Canada
Start-Up Visa Programme allows foreign entrepreneurs the opportunity to create a business in Canada and apply for permanent residence.
